The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-05-12
OUR MAN on THE OUTSIDE.
CHIPS FROM A HATCHETT.

CHIPS FROM HATCHETT.
The ladies of the Episcopal church in
Oxford gave dinner on Tuesday, both
pleasant and renu ,eratiye.
BY request of many readers, we shall
incidents of our Southern and
Western life as space may permit.
Some one has evidently made "mash'
on Brother Blount. His heart is full "even
10 overfowing" and is bubbling up through
every line of his violet-tinted, myrrh-scent-
ed, nectar-f1ayored writings. VIII some
kind sister hold him or-there may be an
accident.
Judge Philips is holding court at Oxford
this week. There are several criminal
cases on the docket. In hurried trip
there Tuesday we only had time to shake
hands with few friends and partake of
the best hotel dinner We have seen in six
months, spread by mine host of the Osborn
House.
1t is with sincere regret we announce our
old friend DR.. V. NJ. Epps of our neighbor
county, Mecklenburg, Va, left us on Mon
day night. to take up his camp in the rising
city of Birmingham, Ala. The good wishes
of host of friends follow him to his new
home, while those to whom he has minis
tered professionally feel their loss to be
great indeed.
When William Henry Harrison was a
candidate for President, at banquet given
in his interest in the city of Boston, one of
the speakers, alluding to his birth place,
remarked, Virginia was good place to
be born in" A voice from the crowd
amended by sayinng provided you emf
CRATE early" For the benefit of those,
who like Harrison, want office, we suggest
the farther amendment, provided you
don't come this way"
The seasonable weather of late has con-
siderably increased the quantity of tobacco
sales For the past ten days all good and
fine tobaccos have been selling u1reason-
ably high. We noticed the sale of six lots
on Friday last belonging to W. +. Roys-
ter at the Harris house, that averaged $73.-
So, the lowest price being $50, and the
highest S12O We hope the purchasers will
not lose money. Bring in another horSe?'
If those farmers who argue this is no
grass country-that it cannot be raised
profitably here-will take a look at DR..
fuckers clover lot and Capt. E. G. Brod-
les field of clover and orchard grass, they
will be forced to admit they are in error
Either lot will cut, in ten days, from two
| to two and one-half tons per acre of most
excellent hay; either will compare favor
| ably with the same grasses in the Blue
Grass section of Kentucky or the Valley o.
Virginia, and is worth more per acre (ne
| proft) than the average of any other crol
that can be raised here. More grass ant
better stock will ameliorate the condition
of our hard working farmers; so long a:
they depend upon cotton, or tobacco none.
to buy feed for man and beast, will the.
keep their nose to the grind stone.
| Scotland has her Loeb Katrine, Europ
her lakes Cashmere and Magoire, Louis
lana her Ponchertrain, Utah her Great Salt
around which nature has scattered he
grandeur with prodigal hand, and who's
glories have inspired the muse of man
ancient and modern bards to paint in eve
living words the beauties of their fame
,x,J,iI 10 nd hatwQp
romantic hills of most picturesque views
with its smooth and transparent waters, il
green and shady isle, remains unknow
and unsung. Here, imagination can sc
James Fitz James, Snowden's Knight, win
blast from his knightly horn, as Il
pushed his light boat to the isle where fal
Helen dwelt.~ With pavilion on the
land, graveled walks, arbors OF trailin
vines, good band of music and such Cir
as we have, there is no place on this cont
nent or the other, would be more pleasir
to the eye, body, OF mind for moonlig
pic-nics In its hushed stiffness, It's Il
very embodiment of lovers retreat, an
: for the love lorn swain there can be /
greater ecstacy than to idly float on
placid bosom, in the uncertain light OF Il
pale moons rays, and watch the rehecti'
of his fair but coy loved maiden's count
nance from its transparent depths. lie
Nimrod holds despOtic sway, and if you
, not his loyal henclman, you can obtain
;. entree in the dwelling of his scaly subject
) But, this thing is getting tshy, and / fe
Ii bear.
S Have you seen Elkan's cent Lawns.
For RENT.-A four room brick dwellin